Spend your spring break in Germany’s capital city
Join Dr Stephanie Brown and Stephen Evans tomorrow for information on the spring 2017 Berlin education abroad course. Drop-ins are welcome (if you can’t be there to entire hour, stop by when you can).
Warner 264 (Sleight Room)
October 11, 2-4
APPLICATION DEADLINE: NOV. 1, 2016
Through direct engagement with residents of Berlin and tours of historical sites and museums, you will discover what it means to live in one of the most ethnically, culturally and linguistically diverse cities in Europe. Students who are accepted will enroll in English 4400 (Literary Locations: Berlin) with Dr. Stephanie Brown in spring 2017 (3 credits) and earn an additional credit for the travel over spring break. No German language knowledge is required.
Program highlights: Guided tours of the Reichstag building (German parliament), the Jewish Museum, and the GDR (East German) Museum. Underground tour showing how Berliners survived WWII bombings. Private tours of the former headquarters of the Stasi (the East German secret police) and its infamous prison. City tour by Humboldt University colleagues that includes the historically rich Kreuzberg neighborhood and remnants of the Berlin Wall. Evenings to explore cultural activities and nightlife.
Prerequisites: Good academic standing; English 1110 (may be taken concurrently, during spring semester)
Program fee: All accepted Newark campus students will receive a subsidy to bring the program fee below $1000. The program fee covers the costs of the flight, accommodation in a small hotel housed in a 19th-century villa, daily breakfast, public transportation, all museum entries and tours, 1-2 group meals)
For more details: Contact resident directrs Stephanie Brown, brown.2596@osu.edu or Stephen Evans, evans.850@osu.edu. For information on this or other education abroad programs, contact Virginia Cope, cope.38@osu.edu and check out the Office of International Affairs web site https://oia.osu.edu/education-abroad.html
Passport reimbursements:
Newark campus students in most cases may receive reimbursement for the costs of applying for a passport. To request reimbursement, scan an itemized receipt showing fees paid and email it to Marcy Melanson at melanson.4@osu.edu. In most cases, you will also need to fill out a tax form (osuw9) in order to get reimbursed. (Student employees will already have this form on file). That form should be turned in to Beth Moss in the Purchasing Office before you submit your receipts for reimbursement.
Beth Moss, moss.125@osu.edu, 740-366-9235
Purchasing and Travel Department, Founders Hall
You may find further information on obtaining a passport here: https://oia.osu.edu/get-a-passport
Also this month: Info sessions on the May 2017 Cuba course
Warner 275 (Library classroom)
Oct 20, 11:30 am-12:30 pm
Nov 2, 3:00 pm-4:00 pm